Hi
Once you have done the grub-install, edit the grub.conf (menu.lst) and change the
entry to be exactly like your old one
(hd0) /dev/hda1 etc. There should be no
reference to hdb.
Then power off, take out your old 20GB drive, put in the new 80GB drive and you
should be all set. ( Make sure to set the dip switches on the new drive so that it is seen
as the primary master.
Hari
From: Torsten Mohr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: feature request Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 14:35:35 +0100
Hi,
i've read the FAQ and googled for it, but did not find any answer.
The problem:
I have a working linux installed on a 20 G hard disk. I boots up with "grub", everything works fine, except that disk space is too small.
I just bought an 80 G hard disk and want to copy the system over to that disk "as it is".
So i booted my system with /dev/hda as the 20 G disk and have the other disk (80 G) available as /dev/hdb. I partitioned, formatted /dev/hdb and copied the the normal files, no problem.
Now i'd like to also make the disk bootable via grub.
Some years ago when i used lilo (an other boot loader) there was the possibility to install it it on a hard disk /dev/hdb so that it would boot up fine when it would be attached as /dev/hda in a PC. If i remember the parameter necessary was bios=0x81 or something like that.
Is it possible for grub to install on a disk /dev/hdb, then switch off the PC, remove disk /dev/hda and replace it with the former disk /dev/hdb that would then boot up as /dev/hda?
I hope it is clear what i want to do, is something like this possible?
Thanks for any hints, Torsten.
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